महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-270, verse-5

तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं संख्ये प्रहस्तं क्षणदाचरम् ।
अभिदुद्राव धूम्राक्षो वेगेन महता कपीन् ॥५॥

5. taṁ dṛṣṭvā nihataṁ saṁkhye prahastaṁ kṣaṇadācaram ,
abhidudrāva dhūmrākṣo vegena mahatā kapīn.

5. tam dṛṣṭvā nihatam saṃkhye prahastam kṣaṇadācaram
abhidudrāva dhūmrākṣaḥ vegena mahatā kapīn

5. Having seen Prahasta, the night-roaming demon killed in battle, Dhūmrākṣa charged towards the monkeys with great speed.

5. כשראה את פְּרַהַסְטַה, אחד מהולכי הלילה, מוטל הרוג בקרב, התנפל דְהוּמְרָאקְשַׁה במהירות רבה על הקופים.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Prahasta) (him, that)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed (killed, struck down, slain)

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration)

• प्रहस्तम् (prahastam) - Prahasta (Prahasta (proper name))

• क्षणदाचरम् (kṣaṇadācaram) - night-roaming demon (night-ranger, demon)

• अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged towards (he charged, he rushed against)

• धूम्राक्षः (dhūmrākṣaḥ) - Dhūmrākṣa (Dhūmrākṣa (proper name: 'smoky-eyed'))

• वेगेन (vegena) - with great speed (with speed, swiftly, with force)

• महता (mahatā) - great (by a great, with great)

• कपीन् (kapīn) - the monkeys (monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Prahasta) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies Dhūmrākṣa's action.

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed (killed, struck down, slain)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

past passive participle

From √han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with prahastam.

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, enumeration, number

Note: Adverbial modifier of nihatam.

प्रहस्तम् (prahastam) - Prahasta (Prahasta (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prahasta

prahasta - Prahasta (name of a Rākṣasa general)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

क्षणदाचरम् (kṣaṇadācaram) - night-roaming demon (night-ranger, demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇadācara

kṣaṇadācara - night-ranger, demon (rākṣasa)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kṣaṇadā+cara)

• kṣaṇadā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, going (often as a suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agreement with prahastam.

अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged towards (he charged, he rushed against)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dru

perfect active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, with upasarga abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

धूम्राक्षः (dhūmrākṣaḥ) - Dhūmrākṣa (Dhūmrākṣa (proper name: 'smoky-eyed'))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūmrākṣa

dhūmrākṣa - smoky-eyed (name of a Rākṣasa general)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhūmra+akṣa)

• dhūmra – smoke-colored, grey, dusky
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of abhidudrāva.

वेगेन (vegena) - with great speed (with speed, swiftly, with force)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, force, impulse, velocity

महता (mahatā) - great (by a great, with great)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

कपीन् (kapīn) - the monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kapi

kapi - monkey, ape

Note: Object of abhidudrāva.

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